This was the scene which took place in an Azadegan League match between Nassaji Mazandaran and Shahrdari Yasuj in Iran last week, when a Mazandaran player robbed the last Yasuj defender, rounded the goalkeeper and left himself an empty net to put the ball into. Or at least it should have been an empty net.

At that moment, a Yasuj substitute ran in to the goal and managed to deflect the goalbound shot over the bar with his head. The referee subsequently sent off the rogue keeper and ordered an indirect free-kick for Yasuj, which was blocked.

The incident failed to stop Nassaji Mazandaran going on to complete a 2-0 victory, leaving Yasuj in the lower reaches of the division, 12th man or not.

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It is not the first instance of a 'super-sub' saving their team. In this video uploaded to YouTube in Argentina, the opposition striker chips the ball over the goalkeeper towards an empty net, only for a reserve keeper to run from off the pitch and make the save.